A sixth-grader won her school’s spelling bee just five years after moving to Mesa from the Philippines and learning English.

BEIJING — Her face shining with confidence, Guan Zhinan began to spell the English word “occupation.” Minutes earlier, her last competitor standing had made a mistake; if she could give the correct ...

Misty Adoniou is a Principal Fellow at the University of Melbourne and an adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra. She is the author of the Cambridge University Press book 'Spelling ...

Hello, I'm Mrs. Hudson and we're going to find ways to remember those tricky spellings. There are so many words to spell. How can you remember all those spellings? Hmm, tricky! Luckily I have two top ...

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A Valley 12-year-old went from taking language classes to becoming a spelling bee champ, all within five years of learning ...